The influence of the Madden-Julian Osicllation on ocean surface heat fluxes and sea surface temperature

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1057-1072

  Jones, Charles ^a   Waliser, Duane E ^b   Gautier, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031683681     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1057:TIOTMJ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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